METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 149, 20 December 1907, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WEATHER. THE SUN. FfOBO to-day— 4h 12m a.m. ; eefcs 7h 23m p.m. Ibises tomorrow — lit 13m n.m.>; sets 7h 23m p.m. ' ' BRIGHT SUNSH'/KE. t Yesterday— Moraing, 01) ; afternoon, Oh ; total, /nil. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time).

TEMPERATURES IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 67.2; minimum, 53.2; mean, 60.2. Today—l p.m., 66deg. RAINFALL. For the twenty-four hours preceding: 9 a.m. to-day— 0.63 in. 1 Total to datei—l.24in on, three days. WIND. Average veloolty for the twenty-four hours preceding 9 a.m. to-da3-—2B miles an hour. BAROMETER. Yestcrdaj'—l p.m., 29.66; 5 p.m., 29.63. To-day—9.3o a.m., 30.00; 1 p.m., 30.02 NEW ZEALAND. • THE PAST 2<J" HOURS. Uorthward of East Cape, Taupo, and 1 Raglan thero has been but little, movement of barometer, and ifc has risen steadily everywhere elo« since about 6 p.m. Modeiato to strong winds froifi the westward, changing: towards south, have b«?n experienced generally, and rain, has Mini in nearly all parte of the Dominion. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. FBOM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT !) A.M.

Wind.— L, ligrt; br, breeze; t I), fre«h breeze ; mg, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gnle of exceptional seventy. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy ; C, clouds, passing clouds ; I), dnzzling ram; 1", foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; L, lightning; Al, misty; 0, overcast, the whole 6ky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, equally; It, lain, continued lain; S, snow; T, thunder; U. ugly, threatening; aupearuncc.

land, per Manawn) v train, 6.20 a.m. For I'ort Clia'mj ers, per Delphic, 10 a.m. For Picton, lUenhcmi, and Nelson, per Penguin, 11.50 ii.i i. For Nelson, AV«stport, Oreymouth, and Hokltika, por Arab nua, 7.15 p.m. Xi'or Southern Oflices of New Zealand, per Rotomnhina, 7. 1! 15 p.m. MONDAY, 23id DECEMBER. For New Plj\fnouth mid Auckland, also Fiji, Canada, Unitjed States, Continent of Europe, and United ]£ifngdoui (due London 29th January), pei llfl/ui oto from Auckland, to connect with Mioweun.., at Fiji, per Mnnawatu train, 6.30 a.m. I For Motucl^a via Waikawa and Admiralty Bays, per ilufl^ircm, 11.20 a.m. Vnv l'icfcon, / Illeivlieini, French Taff?, Waikawa Bay, and Ne} son, per Jlnpourika, 11.50 a.m. lor Napio; •, (jisborne, and Auc):land, per Waikare, 3.3 ) p.m. For New f lymouth and Auckland, per Thkapuna., 4 20 ) i.m. For Souti crn Ulfices of New Zealand, per X Maori, 6 p.m. Tho hexf, despatch for Canada nnd United States fit .tVmciicii will leave Wellington by Mauawitu." tiaiiii on iSlonday, 23rd December, to connec; with ILiuioto at Auckland. WcdijiorfJay, 25tli Dccpmber (Christmas Day), being .'a Post OHiee holiday, all branches of tho Post Olticp will be closed. A delivery of letters;, usually delivered by letter-carriers, 'will take pUep over the public counter, Chief Post Ollice', Jjetwcen hours of 8.20 and 9.30 p.m. on Tuesi liv, 24th December, Tlr.irjsday, 26th December (Boxing Day), the Post will be open in all its brandies (except • Money-order and Savings-bank), between the 1 Jours of 9 and 10 n.m. only. All countrr mail f will be despatched by "both the early tiairH as usual. , Oi ( the 26th inst. one complete delivery by carrier will be made, etaiting at 7.30 a.m." Vni.csa otherwise specified, registered letters I and, parcels-port packages must be handed in and; ,'money orders obtained one hou> % before the ord/iiiary mail closes. ' I J. A. HUTTON. Hiief Postm»«ter. y»— i ■ i.

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